"Fufufufufu... If it isn't Sapphire Star. So you came too..."
The moment Xie Wen entered the hall, Doflamingo's signature voice reached his ears. After looking around him, Doflamingo put on a false smile and asked, "Where are those Cat Minks of yours? Why didn't they come along?"
"Your subordinates didn't come along either, did they?"
Xie Wen gave him an indifferent glance, then scanned the hall. Besides Doflamingo, those present included Cavendish, who had just run off, Gecko Moria, who had once been bombed by Klee Meow, Dracule Mihawk, who had exchanged three moves with Xie Wen, and several Marine logistics personnel serving as waiters.
Moria sat with Doflamingo. Though the Heavenly Yaksha had attacked him in the manga, the two seemed to be on fairly good terms now. Meanwhile, the two swordsmen, Mihawk and Cavendish, sat in separate spots, neither paying anyone any attention.
That made sense. Although Cavendish had become a Shichibukai, he couldn't even beat Meow Jūshirō, so naturally, Hawk-Eye didn't think much of him.
Ignoring the vicious glares Moria and Cavendish directed his way, Xie Wen nodded at Hawk-Eye, who sat off in another direction, pouring and drinking his own wine.
Hawk-Eye, who was on fairly good terms with Xie Wen, raised his glass to him, then asked a question similar to the Heavenly Yaksha's. "Seijūrō and Link didn't come?"
"Who knows what the hell is going on here? So I had them all stay aboard the ship."
Both Xie Wen's attitude and his answer were completely different from before.
Yet Doflamingo's expression didn't change at all at this difference in treatment.
"Fufufufufu... I was thinking much the same thing. Besides, my subordinates are much weaker. They can't compare to those Cat Minks under you."
Not only did he not get angry, he actually took the